Cox And The Oxymoron Of "Free Financial Markets"

clipped from spectator.org Now -- why is all this important? Because only by such misdirection, by finding a convenient conservative scapegoat to feed the narrative of conservative neglect and/or ideologically based obstruction, can the establishment media shift the blame for today's mess onto the whole idea of free markets and onto its advocates. What's at stake here isn't just Chris Cox's reputation, but the popular history that could shape economic decision-making for decades to come. Time's misuse of the Aguirre incident -- a gentle zephyr, not a tempest nor a Teapot Dome -- was just one example of how the magazine accomplished its smear. The whole Weisskopf article was rife with similar flagrant dishonesties.